Letter from the Accountant of the War Department
Document 1798Simmons informs Dyson that his receipts for bounties was received.
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Five hundred fifty five dollars & thirty nine Cents for which you will be pleased to give him the necessary receipts holding yourself accountable being for, pay, Pay of Lieut & John McClallen & William Wilson, Pay & forage of surgeons mate Samuel Osborne, pay of the non commissioned Officers & Privates of the detachment under your command for May 1795. — Balance of County due Corporal [undecipherable] Hale & for subsistence of yourself & Doctor Osborn for April & May 1795. —
On a reference to the files in this Office the subsistence Abstracts that you alledge to have transmitted for January are not to be found you will therefore have to make out another & transmit them with the next Pay Rolls properly qualified & they will be acted on —
Samd for
W Simmons
Acct [undecipherable]
Lt Samuel S Dyson Accountants Office
Port Tobacco June 9th 1798
Sir
I received your letter of the 4 Instt enclosing three Receipts for bounties paid by you which are filed in the usual manner subject to a future examination for the settlement of your recruiting service —
Samd for
W Simmons
Acct[undecipherable]
Type
Letterbook
Description
Simmons informs Dyson that his receipts for bounties was received.
Date
06/09/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1798060921255
Page start
387
Notable persons
Lieutenant Samuel T Dyson
William Simmons
recruiting service
Notable locations
Maryland
Port Tobacco
Accountant's Office
Notable items
receipts
bounties
filed
examination
settlement

